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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Solitary Reaper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do all three sentences in the third stanza have in common?
(a) They are all periodic sentences.
(b) They are all run-ons.
(c) They are all questions.
(d) They are all fragments.

2. What technique is used in the line "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?
(a) Verbal irony.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Contraction.

3. What is the "sickle" in line 28?
(a) A handle used to pull a cart.
(b) A tied sheaf of grain.
(c) A sharp cutting tool.
(d) A mark dyed into wool to track sheep.

4. Which line uses deliberate redundancy for emphasis?
(a) "Stop here, or gently pass" (line 4).
(b) "For old, unhappy, far-off things" (line 19).
(c) "Behold her, single in the field" (line 1).
(d) "I listened, motionless and still" (line 29).

5. Which of the following most clearly communicates the speaker's admiration for the reaper's singing ability?
(a) The repeated use of exclamation points.
(b) The metaphors in the second stanza.
(c) The poem's nature imagery.
(d) The poem's elevated diction.

Short Answer Questions

1. From context, what is is likely meaning of "single" in line 1, "Behold her, single in the field"?

2. What technique is evident in the poem's opening line, "Behold her, single in the field" (line 1)?

3. Where are "the farthest Hebrides" (line 16)?

4. How does line 3, "Reaping and singing by herself," interrupt the poem's dominant metrical pattern?

5. Where in the Highlands is the field where the woman is standing?

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